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Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language: Pedagogy in Practice
Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language: Pedagogy in Practice
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The History of the English Language has been a standard university course offering for over 150 years. Yet relatively little has been written about teaching a course whose very title suggests its prodigious chronological, geographic, and disciplinary scope. In the nineteenth century, History
of the English Language courses focused on canonical British literary works. Since these early curricula were formed, the English language has changed, and so have the courses. In the twenty-first century, instructors account for the growing prominence of World Englishes as well as the English
language's transformative relationship with the internet and social media.
Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language addresses the challenges and circumstances that the course's instructors and students commonly face. The volume reads as a series of master classes taught by experienced instructors who explain the pedagogical problems that inspired
resourceful teaching practices. Although its chapters are authored by seasoned teachers, many of whom are preeminent scholars in their individual fields, the book is designed for instructors at any career stage-beginners and veterans alike.
The topics addressed in Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language include: the unique pedagogical dynamic that transpires in language study; the course's origins and relevance to current university curricula; scholarly approaches that can offer an abiding focus in a semester-long
course; advice about navigating the course's formidable chronological ambit; ways to account for the language's many varieties; and the course's substantial and pedagogical relationship to contemporary multimedia platforms. Each chapter balances theory and practice, explaining in detail activities,
assignments, or discussion questions ready for immediate use by instructors.
Author: Mary Hayes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/29/2017
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780190611057
Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2018
of the English Language courses focused on canonical British literary works. Since these early curricula were formed, the English language has changed, and so have the courses. In the twenty-first century, instructors account for the growing prominence of World Englishes as well as the English
language's transformative relationship with the internet and social media.
Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language addresses the challenges and circumstances that the course's instructors and students commonly face. The volume reads as a series of master classes taught by experienced instructors who explain the pedagogical problems that inspired
resourceful teaching practices. Although its chapters are authored by seasoned teachers, many of whom are preeminent scholars in their individual fields, the book is designed for instructors at any career stage-beginners and veterans alike.
The topics addressed in Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language include: the unique pedagogical dynamic that transpires in language study; the course's origins and relevance to current university curricula; scholarly approaches that can offer an abiding focus in a semester-long
course; advice about navigating the course's formidable chronological ambit; ways to account for the language's many varieties; and the course's substantial and pedagogical relationship to contemporary multimedia platforms. Each chapter balances theory and practice, explaining in detail activities,
assignments, or discussion questions ready for immediate use by instructors.
Author: Mary Hayes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/29/2017
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780190611057
Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2018
About the Author
Mary Hayes is Associate Professor of English and the Director of Medieval Studies at the University of Mississippi, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses including two versions of the History of the English Language.
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